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The character "鬏" is structured with the hair radical "髟" and the phonetic component "秋", forming a phono-semantic compound that originally and consistently refers to a hair bun or tuft. Its etymology clearly links the character to hairstyling through its semantic element, while the phonetic component guides pronunciation. Over time, the meaning of "鬏" has not expanded beyond this specific context, remaining specialized in descriptions of hair forms.